PLYMOUTH NORTH FOOTBALL: Playoff streak on the line

The Plymouth North football team has been in the playoffs in each of the last four years, and that streak is officially in jeopardy.

David Wolcott dwolcott@wickedlocal.com @DavidWolcott1

PLYMOUTH - The Plymouth North football team has been in the playoffs in each of the last four years, and that streak is officially in jeopardy.

Saturday's 34-0 loss has the Blue Eagles sitting at 2-4 and currently on a four-game losing skid. They host Quincy Friday night not knowing if even a victory will be enough to leapfrog them into one of the eight playoff spots in Division 1A.

Plymouth North is in ninth right now with a rating of 9.0. Attleboro (3-3) is a step ahead of them with a rating of 10.6.

"It's out of our hands," Head Coach Kevin Cobban said. "We're right on the bubble right now (of earning a spot in the Division 1 A playoffs) and all we can do is play a strong game Friday night, pick up and win and then let the chips fall where they may."

Cobban had senior Captain Jake Burkhead back in the line-up Saturday but only on the defensive side of the football as he recovers from a leg injury.

"It was good to have Jake back, even in a somewhat limited role, but we're still missing Nolan Perry," Cobban said about the senior, who is out with a back injury. "Nolan's one of the leaders on this team and we miss not having them out there."

Silver Lake controlled the line of scrimmage on both sides of the football Saturday afternoon at Sirrico Field, rushing for five touchdowns while keeping Plymouth North off the scoreboard.

The Lakers scored in the final minute of the first and second quarters on short touchdown runs by Alec Snell and then Phil Lashley to take a 14-0 into the break. The regular starting quarterback, Snell began the game on the sideline with an injury but was pressed into action when backup QB Tanner Boyd was injured at the end of a scramble with time running out in the first quarter.

Snell jumped back into the mix nicely, finding Max LaFerrara and Carson Snell on several big passing plays to keep drives alive over the final three quarters of the contest.

Silver Lake turned the football over twice in the first half but Plymouth North could not cash in on either opportunity. Zac Bouhallouf did a nice job moving the ball down the field on a drive deep into Laker territory late in the first half, but a fumble ended that drive and set the stage for Lashley's short score just before the break.

Lashley scored on a three-yard run to open the second half and the two-point conversion made it 22-0.

Silver Lake put a cap on things with scoring runs by Cy Kenku (one yard) and then Josh Chapman (56 yards) to close out the 34-0 shutout.

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